BBC Symphony Orchestra

BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO), British symphony orchestra, based in London and founded in 1930 by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The BBC SO has long been renowned for its championing of 20th-century and contemporary music. Through concerts, recordings, and radio broadcasts, the orchestra has introduced contemporary works, presented programs of all-British music, and performed seldom-heard compositions. It also has offered a range of works by Romantic and post-Romantic composers.